February

There seems to be no end to cold weather and to top it off we got a foot of snow today. It's not that it is so bad but it has been a long winter and the motivation to plan for spring is tested by weather that keeps me indoors. Yet parsley is being sprouted and the plans for new plants are being transferred from my mind to paper. The honey bees are tucked away in the top bar hive and a second...

Episode-233- Get Started With Indoor Seed Starts – Parsley

       Today's video depicts the start of the growing season for 2014. Although it is still icy and cold outside and spring seems like a long forgotten friend warm weather is coming. Thus it is time to start with the first plant to sow indoors and that is Parsley. I love this plant for reasons beyond its taste and health benefits such as vitamins A, K and C, folate and iron. It keeps...

Episode-224- Build A New Garden In Less Than 5 Minutes

Actually it's not possible to build a hugel bed in such a short time especially the way I do it. However, putting this video together was fun and you can see in a brief span of time the effort and resources required to get started on a fine garden bed that will last for years and years. Now that October has come to an end it is time to build another hugelbed. Setting it up now is wise because...

Episode-205- Backyard Japanese Beetle Battle – Part 1 – The Great Grape Grapple Grind

    Among the many plants I am growing in order to create a mini food forest in suburbia are grapes. I used to come across some plates of grape leaves as appetizers when I was a kid in certain settings but I can't remember eating any. They must be delicious though be cause the Japanese Beetle (Popillia Japonica) are devouring the leaves like there's no tomorrow. The video for today does not...

Episode-159- 7 Ways To Keep Deer Out Of Gardens

Today's episode will teach you How to Keep Deer Out of Your Yard and gardens. I will describe 7 methods I employ that seem to work at keeping these creatures away. Don't get me wrong, I like deer just as much as the next person  I like roasted deer, grilled deer, deer burgers, deer sausage  and I especially like deer steaks. I also like the deer legs that my neighbor gives me for my dog....

Episode-145- Bees Are Important And Now You Know Why

This is a short video to give a little further explanation about the roots of my honey bee journey and why i am continuing with it. The desire to raise honey bees is stronger than all of the problems I know that can harm honey bees. I believe I can attribute the death of honeybee colony A to Anthropomorphism. That is still awaiting confirmation from the USDA but I now owe a debt to their memory...

Episode-140- Landscape For A Home Sweet Home

My home landscape is becoming more and more edible by the day. Watch the video and you will see that there is does not seem to be much room left more plantings but my education and growth as a gardener and student of permaculture has always filled me with visions of growing things higher when I run out of space on the ground. The company that has helped bring my vision to a reality is...